February's Happenings

February has been a very busy month. Last week I listed several of the events that I would write more about, and here I go.

Yesterday, the girls went to their first birthday party as a threesome. The location of the party was a house with a lot of acreage to run and play. From what I heard, Sofia just wanted to run and run. Jaynee spent most of her time and energy trying to get Sofia to participate in the birthday activities. Sorry, I wasn't there because I needed to spend some time working on homework. Because of Jaynee's effort to keep Sofia corralled, no pictures were taken.

CJ's Visit
CJ is a friend of Jaynee. They have been close friends since my first deployment. Shortly after we all returned home from that deployment we all (their family and the two of us) went and spent a week in Orlando, FL. Take a guess what we did for a week. I have the wonderful privilege of dragging Jaynee and anyone else who was with us at the theme parks home each night. I then was awoken early and dragged to the parks each morning well before they opened just so we could be some of the first people there each day. Needless to say, our families go way back (nearly 5 years). CJ and her family are currently living out west and will move overseas later this summer. She happened to come across a ticket and flew out here to visit us. The visit was great for Jaynee who needed a personal boost. Having a close friend confirm that she is being a good mother and wife really has helped her out. Not to mention that Jaynee renewed her interest in cross stitching. While CJ was here we ate out a lot, played a lot of games, and allowed CJ to get sick. The girls loved to play with CJ, and I think they actually missed her after she left (for about 30 minutes because we took them to a place to help them forget about all the fun they had with CJ).





EdVenture

In Columbia, SC, there is a neat little kids museum that helps to teach kids about a wide variety of things. In the main lobby there is a 40 foot tall kid that has spaces in the back to explore the inside of his body. There was also many other exhibits and for those in the area, the web link is http://www.edventure.org/Default.aspx

Below are a couple of photos that we took of the girls while at EdVenture.







Emma's First Haircut

Not much to report here. Jaynee gave Emma a trim to help even out her hair on the back side. There were places that Jaynee cut nearly 2 inches and other spots where she barely took anything off. She did all right for her first cut. Notice how I was not involved with the haircut except to take pictures. I have given wonderful haircuts in the past. It is really simple, remove any guard on the clippers and start from the front and go to the back of the head keeping the clippers as close to the head as possible. The end result is a beautifully shaved head that is perfectly even. Maybe for Sofia's haircut I can help. :)